 Kappa Andromedae b is visible as the white blob in the upper left. | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
|---|---|
| 57–133[1]AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.69–0.85[1] |
| 242–900[1] y | |
| Inclination | 114.9–140[1] |
| 60.3–90.5[1] | |
| 2038.4–2047.9[1] | |
| 96.6–155.4[1] | |
| Star | Kappa Andromedae |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 13+12 −2[2] MJ |
| Temperature | 1,700–2,000 K[2][3] |
Kappa Andromedae b[4] is a directly imaged substellar object and likely superjovian-mass planet orbiting Kappa Andromedae, a young B9IV star in the Andromeda constellation, about 170 light-years away.[5] The companion's mass is roughly 13 times the mass of Jupiter.[2] As early history on Kappa And b is filled with debate over whether it is an exoplanet or a brown dwarf, some scientists have broadly described it as a "super-Jupiter" object.
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